elacaten
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἠλᾰκᾰτήν (ēlakatḗn).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈla.ka.teːn/, [eːˈɫ̪äkät̪eːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈla.ka.ten/, [eˈläːkät̪en]
Noun edit
ēlacatēn m (genitive ēlacatēnos); third declension
- a large sea fish, a tuna
- 1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 76, line 15:
- E l a c a t e n a genus salsamenti, quod appellatur vulgo melandrea.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ēlacatēn | ēlacatēnes |
| Genitive | ēlacatēnos | ēlacatēnum |
| Dative | ēlacatēnī | ēlacatēnibus |
| Accusative | ēlacatēna | ēlacatēnas |
| Ablative | ēlacatēne | ēlacatēnibus |
| Vocative | ēlacatēn | ēlacatēnes |
Synonyms edit
- ēlacatae f pl
References edit
- “ēlăcătēnes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ēlăcătēna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “579/1”
- “ēlacatēna” on page 597/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)